Opus Dei

The Prelate recently addressed an International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society at the IESE business school in Barcelona. He spoke about the need for Christian humanism in Business.

Just a month before World Youth Day begins in Australia, we offer video extracts from two recent encounters that Bishop Javier Echevarría had with young people from various countries, whom he encouraged to trust in Christ (03’10”).

The Prelate of Opus Dei’s homily to the priests, families and faithful attending the ordination of priests on May 24, 2008, in the basilica of San Eugenio in Rome.

November 28th marks the 25th anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution "Ut Sit," by which the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II, gave Opus Dei the canonical form of a Personal Prelature.

To give thanks to God for Opus Dei’s 25 years as a Personal Prelature, Bishop Echevarría invites the Prelature’s faithful to strive to go even more fervently to the intercession of God’s Mother during this year.

Words from Bishop Javier Echevarría on the fifth anniversary of the canonization of St. Josemaría.

On July 29, Wlodzimierz Redzioch interviewed Opus Dei's Prelate, Bishop Javier Echevarría for a Polish weekly newspaper. They discussed Opus Dei's structure and spirit, its "mild" response to The Da Vinci Code, and plans for its upcoming 80th anniversary.

During the Mass celebrated in Rome on the feastday of St. Josemaría (June 26), the Prelate mentioned that on that very day the stable work of Opus Dei in Russia had begun. These paragraphs from Bishop Echevarría's homily speak about these new beginnings.

A message from Bishop Javier Echevarría on the 80th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI. The Prelate thanks the Holy Father for "helping us to appreciate the beauty of the Christian life."

Bishop Javier Echevarria has returned to Rome from a brief pastoral visit to Lebanon. Following the recent outbreak of war, the Prelate wanted to encourage the faithful of Opus Dei and their friends of all faiths to be "sowers of peace."